Weekend Away: White Rabbit Cottage, Clunes

Marie McNamara finds comfort and quality at White Rabbit Cottage in Clunes.

• by Marie McNamara

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Clunes - Fast Facts

<b>Clunes</b> <br> <b>Historic goldmining town full of charm</b> <br> Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills which are actually extinct volcanoes (they can best be seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat). It also happens to be one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields boasting numerous sandstone, bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs, and lined with oak and elm trees planted last century. Film devotees may recognise Fraser St as, like the railway station, it was used in one of the Mad Max films.

Clunes - Eat

<b>Clunes</b> <br> <b>Historic goldmining town full of charm</b> <br> Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills which are actually extinct volcanoes (they can best be seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat). It also happens to be one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields boasting numerous sandstone, bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs, and lined with oak and elm trees planted last century. Film devotees may recognise Fraser St as, like the railway station, it was used in one of the Mad Max films.

Clunes - Sleep

<b>Clunes</b> <br> <b>Historic goldmining town full of charm</b> <br> Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills which are actually extinct volcanoes (they can best be seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat). It also happens to be one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields boasting numerous sandstone, bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs, and lined with oak and elm trees planted last century. Film devotees may recognise Fraser St as, like the railway station, it was used in one of the Mad Max films.

Clunes - Places to See

<b>Clunes</b> <br> <b>Historic goldmining town full of charm</b> <br> Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills which are actually extinct volcanoes (they can best be seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat). It also happens to be one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields boasting numerous sandstone, bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs, and lined with oak and elm trees planted last century. Film devotees may recognise Fraser St as, like the railway station, it was used in one of the Mad Max films.

Clunes - Culture and History

<b>Clunes</b> <br> <b>Historic goldmining town full of charm</b> <br> Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills which are actually extinct volcanoes (they can best be seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat). It also happens to be one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields boasting numerous sandstone, bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs, and lined with oak and elm trees planted last century. Film devotees may recognise Fraser St as, like the railway station, it was used in one of the Mad Max films.

Clunes - Events

<b>Clunes</b> <br> <b>Historic goldmining town full of charm</b> <br> Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills which are actually extinct volcanoes (they can best be seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat). It also happens to be one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields boasting numerous sandstone, bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs, and lined with oak and elm trees planted last century. Film devotees may recognise Fraser St as, like the railway station, it was used in one of the Mad Max films.